Ice sports have long gone un-noticed and under appreciated in this country.  Tanya Harding had to do her best O.J. Simpson impression to get talked about.  Hockey went away and has it came back?  (If you can find the versus network you will get your fix,  too bad America sleeps on Hockey because the NHL has some great young skaters, Ovechkin, Crosby, 3 Staal brothers.....)  Even when funny man Will Ferrell does a comedy on ice, it doesn't give the laughs of a Happy Gilmore, or (Burt Reynolds lead) Longest Yard.  But wait America, I give you curling!! For those of you still interested (or for that matter still here) lets break it down.
What is this game really, bowling meets bocce, meets marbles, meets any thing bored super market clerks do to pass time during the grave yard shift.  Its shuffleboard on ice!  If there was one game that you had to play that you could scream at your teammates, slip and slide, and keep a ridiculous scoring system then we have your game.  Its the horseshoes of the winter season.  Thought to have been originated in 1541, curling has been a game of calculations, chore practice, balance, grown men and women slip-n-slide, and pure enjoyment for many years.   The "rock" must be slid 146 feet (according to World Curling Federation standards) in a width of approximatley 14'2'' to 16'5''.  After that, a player "delivers" the rock (normally in a sliding fashion) while he/she gets to yell at teammates to sweep or don't sweep, try to adjust route of the stone to the center of the target.  Watching the broomsmen (or women) scurry pushing, sweeping at the command of someone 30 yards away trying their best not to bust it is far better than words can explain.  Precision is a must, and strategies include blocking, freezing, chipping and more.  With terms Anti-freeze and Biter to Whoa! and Wobbler you would be suprised as to the level of entertainment that curling provides.   It is only on the rarest of occasions that you may find 
curling on television, but it truly is something you must witness.  Don't believe me?  Just wait until the curling talk is abuzz at the water cooler and you stand in astonishment the glory stories being told about the courage of the Canadians to fight back and win it on the hammer, or how the Americans took a risk not removing the burned stone but how it paid off.  It has nothing on football, basketball, baseball, nascar, golf, or tennis, but watch out World's strongest man because here comes Curling!